Difference between revisions of "Album: Around The World In A Day"
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|introduction = [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]] is the seventh full-length studio album by [[Prince]], and the second to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. It was released worldwide in April 1985, just ten months after the release of [[Prince and the Revolution]]’s best-selling album, [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. It was the first release of any kind on [[Prince]]’s own [[Paisley Park Records]], a subsidiary of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] | |introduction = [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]] is the seventh full-length studio album by [[Prince]], and the second to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. It was released worldwide in April 1985, just ten months after the release of [[Prince and the Revolution]]’s best-selling album, [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. It was the first release of any kind on [[Prince]]’s own [[Paisley Park Records]], a subsidiary of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] | ||
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The album was mostly recorded between January and December 1984, although [[Raspberry Beret]] had first been recorded in 1982 (it was re-recorded in September 1984). [[Pop Life]] was the first new recording for the album, recorded in February 1984. | The album was mostly recorded between January and December 1984, although [[Raspberry Beret]] had first been recorded in 1982 (it was re-recorded in September 1984). [[Pop Life]] was the first new recording for the album, recorded in February 1984. | ||
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[[America]] is a full-band performance, edited down from a longer version later released on the [[Single: America|America]] 12" single, [[Around The World In A Day]] [[Pop Life]] and [[The Ladder]] are also band performances. | [[America]] is a full-band performance, edited down from a longer version later released on the [[Single: America|America]] 12" single, [[Around The World In A Day]] [[Pop Life]] and [[The Ladder]] are also band performances. | ||
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The album produced four commercially-released singles, [[Single: Raspberry Beret|Raspberry Beret]], [[Single: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]] (in Europe, Australia and Japan only), [[Single: Pop Life|Pop Life]] and [[Single: America|America]], although no single was released prior to the album, as an artistic statement by [[Prince]] following the huge commercialism of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. | The album produced four commercially-released singles, [[Single: Raspberry Beret|Raspberry Beret]], [[Single: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]] (in Europe, Australia and Japan only), [[Single: Pop Life|Pop Life]] and [[Single: America|America]], although no single was released prior to the album, as an artistic statement by [[Prince]] following the huge commercialism of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. | ||
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There was no tour to support the album, although a few songs from the album had been previewed on the [[Purple Rain Tour]], which ended just two weeks prior to the album’s release. | There was no tour to support the album, although a few songs from the album had been previewed on the [[Purple Rain Tour]], which ended just two weeks prior to the album’s release. | ||
− | The album reached number 1 on the US [[The_Billboard_200|Billboard Top Pop Albums]] Chart, and number 4 on the [[Billboard_Top_R&B_Albums|Billboard Top Black Albums]] Chart. It was certified Gold/Platinum/Multi-platinum on July 2nd 1985 by the RIAA, indicating 2,000,000 copies shipped in the USA. It was also certified Silver/Gold by the BPI on April 22nd 1985, indicating 100,000 copies shipped in the UK. | + | |
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+ | The album reached number 1 on the US [[The_Billboard_200|Billboard Top Pop Albums]] Chart, and number 4 on the [[Billboard_Top_R&B_Albums|Billboard Top Black Albums]] Chart. | ||
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+ | It was certified Gold/Platinum/Multi-platinum on July 2nd 1985 by the RIAA, indicating 2,000,000 copies shipped in the USA. It was also certified Silver/Gold by the BPI on April 22nd 1985, indicating 100,000 copies shipped in the UK. | ||
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